An apparently sporadic paraganglioma with an SDHB gene germline mutation presenting at age 68 years

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-131

  Elston, M S ^a   Benn, D ^b   Robinson, B G ^b   Conaglen, John V ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Paraganglioma; Phaeochromocytoma; SDHB

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CHROMOGRANIN A; CREATININE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE);

AGED; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MECHANISM; DUODENUM ULCER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PARAGANGLIOMA; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RETROPERITONEUM; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MALE; PARAGANGLIOMA, EXTRA-ADRENAL; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33344465089     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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